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Commission continues review of proposed five‑bed group home at 165 Stockbridge for peer review of stormwater and dumpster siting
Summary
Hancock Associates presented a proposed five‑bed group home at 165 Stockbridge Street with subsurface StormTech infiltration chambers; commissioners welcomed the housing use but continued the hearing to August 17 for stormwater peer review and revised mitigation/dumpster siting.
Hancock Associates presented a proposal for a five‑bed group home at 165 Stockbridge Road, including an approximately 3,100‑sq‑ft ADA‑compliant dwelling, 11 parking spaces and a StormTech infiltration chamber system to manage stormwater.
Jacob Lemieux explained that the building will tie into town water and sewer, avoiding on‑site septic, and described StormTech infiltration chambers sized and designed to attenuate runoff and meet the Massachusetts Stormwater Handbook standards. Commissioners praised the project as a potentially beneficial supported‑housing option but asked for peer review of the stormwater design, a mitigation plan for impacts inside the 100‑ft buffer and relocation or curbing details for the dumpster enclosure to prevent runoff to the wetland.
The Commission continued the hearing to August 17 to allow peer review and to give the applicant time to respond to stormwater and buffer mitigation suggestions.
Next steps: peer reviewer to report back, the applicant to provide a mitigation planting plan and consider relocating the dumpster pad or adding curbing and enclosure details.
